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Peace Journalism

Jake Lynch defines peace journalism as "..is when reporters and editors make choice" for what to report and how to report. The media in the world today feeds its customers (general population) with the reports of wars, casualties and bombardments but the media lacks to provide constructive argument on what the hostility or war is about and how it can be solved. Peace journalism is about reporting with the causes and impacts of a conflict and shaping people's mind towards the peaceful resolution of the conflict.

Johan Galtung on the other hand thinks Peace Journalism should be about the detailed information of a conflict the causes as well as possible peaceful solutions.

The difference between peace journalism and war journalism are listed as under:


Peace/Conflict Journalism
War/ Violence Journalism
1.       Peace oriented, formation of conflict, analysis (win win)
2.       Open in space and time, goes back to history to get information and reference
3.       Giving voice to all parties
4.       Proactive (early warnings)
5.       Truth oriented
6.       People oriented (grass root level)
7.       Focus on all suffering
8.       Solution oriented
9.       Long term peace
1.       War oriented (arena) zero-zum outcome
2.       Closed space
3.       Us and them
4.       Reactive
5.       Propaganda oriented (our truth and exposing lies of the other
6.       Elite oriented
7.       Our suffering
8.       Victory oriented
9.       Negative peace


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